US Patent Issued to University of Kentucky Research Foundation on March 3 for "Collagen P4H1 inhibitor and its use" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,578, issued on March 3, was assigned to University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Ky.).

"Collagen P4H1 inhibitor and its use" was invented by Ren Xu (Lexington, Ky.) and Shike Wang (Lexington, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a methods for modulating Collagen Prolyl 4-hydroxylase (C-P4H1) in a cell. The present invention further relates to methods for inhibiting a cancer cell. The instant invention also relates to methods for identifying modulators of Collagen Prolyl 4-hydroxylase (C-P4H1)."

The patent was filed on Feb. 28, 2022, under Application No. 17/682,856.

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